Tom Binns and Jason Wu

LA based jewellery designer Tom Binns has designed a selection of earrings for Jason Wu’s NY Fashion Week presentation. The pair decided to combine their opposing, yet complimentary aesthetics for Spring Summer 2012. "It’s the idea of giving refinement a bit of quirk," says Jason Wu.

The collection includes long waterfall drop-chain earrings embellished with pearls, crystals, safety pins, and zips. "It’s like fine jewellery infused with a modern attitude," says Binns. The pieces were modernised and adapted specifically to compliment Jason Wu’s aesthetic whilst staying true to Tom Binns’ own Tough Chic style: "I liked the idea of working with a designer with a youthful attitude," says Binns, "because the trick to staying relevant is to stay contemporary."